Our History
It was in 1960 when a regional training center for cooperative management and credit administration and supervision was established at the University of the Philippines Los Baños or UPLB. This center was named the Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Institute or ACCI.
ACCI’s establishment was from a resolution signed by delegates from Cambodia, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, which stated that “A Far East Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Institute be established in a country represented in the 1956 Far East Agricultural Credit Workshop.”
Over the years, ACCI has expanded its horizon to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness in implementing its academic, research, and training programs for cooperative development. With the realignment of its mandate with the United Nation’s framework on cooperatives and with the University thrusts, ACCI was officially renamed as the Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development or ICOPED in November 26, 2010 during the 1263rd UP Board of Regent Meeting.
ACCI’s establishment was from a resolution signed by delegates from Cambodia, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, which stated that “A Far East Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Institute be established in a country represented in the 1956 Far East Agricultural Credit Workshop.”
Over the years, ACCI has expanded its horizon to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness in implementing its academic, research, and training programs for cooperative development. With the realignment of its mandate with the United Nation’s framework on cooperatives and with the University thrusts, ACCI was officially renamed as the Institute of Cooperatives and Bio-Enterprise Development or ICOPED in November 26, 2010 during the 1263rd UP Board of Regent Meeting.
